moribund
11moribund — [[t]mɒ̱rɪbʌnd, AM mɔ͟ːr [/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe something as moribund, you mean that it is in a very bad condition. [FORMAL] ...the moribund economy. ...the moribund housing market... The British music scene is nostalgic, decrepit and… …
12moribund — Problems in the still moribund oil tanker business mean there is little sign of recovery on the horizon (Times). Moribund does not mean sluggish or troubled or struggling, as was intended here and frequently elsewhere. It means dying, on the… …
13moribund — adjective 1 a moribund industry, institution, custom etc is no longer active or effective and therefore coming to an end: The eastern region s heavy industry is inefficient and moribund. 2 literary slowly dying …
14moribund — adjective 1) the patient was moribund Syn: dying, expiring, terminal, on one s deathbed, near death, at death s door, not long for this world Ant: thriving, recovering 2) the moribund shipbuilding industry Syn …
15Moribund — (Mor uh BOND) In Brittany, France, as well as in Cornwall, England, there is a vampiric REVENANT called a moribund. It is created when a person is killed by a werewolf. As a word, moribund is used from time to time in vampire lore, as it means to …
16Moribund — Präfinalität (lat. Kompositum prae = „vor“, finis = „Ende“) bezeichnet Zustände oder Prozesse, die kurz vor dem Tod während der Sterbephase auftreten oder ablaufen. Das zugehörige Adjektiv lautet präfinal, eine ältere deutsche Entsprechung ist… …
17moribund — moribundity, n. moribundly, adv. /mawr euh bund , mor /, adj. 1. in a dying state; near death. 2. on the verge of extinction or termination. 3. not progressing or advancing; stagnant: a moribund political party. [1715 25; < L moribundus dying,… …
18moribund — Dying; at the point of death. [L. moribundus, dying, fr. morior, to die] * * * mor·i·bund mȯr ə (.)bənd, mär adj being in the state of dying: approaching death <in the moribund patient deepening stupor and coma are the usual preludes to death …
19moribund — adj. Moribund is used with these nouns: ↑economy …
20moribund — mor|i|bund [ mɔrə,bʌnd ] adjective FORMAL no longer effective and not likely to continue for much longer: a moribund economy/industry …
